Rugby Fives Association VIII v. Winchester Fives Association VIII
Winchester College; Sunday, 20th October 2019
The 2019 match between the Rugby Fives Association and the Winchester Fives Association was the closest so far in 9 matches. A win by 7 points sees the RFA take a 5-4 lead in the series.
WFA Team Manager Harry Akerman reports: With frequently changing lineups for both teams in the week leading up to the match there was some nervousness on both sides as to whether we would have 8 players in each team. As it turned out the WFA ended up with 9!
We had a great match and the closest game in this series of WFA vs RFA matches that we have ever had, with the RFA now leading the contest 5 matches to 4. In the end it came down to just 7 points and all the ‘What if’s’ and ‘If onlys’ that come with a game like that we mentioned in the post match chat at The Queen.
Ollie and Ben played the game like they were playing with a golf ball whilst Dan and Howard battled against Giles and Tom for a 15-16, 16-15 scorecard!
Thanks to all the last minute replacements who made this fixture and who each played such an important part in the day.
RFA team
1st pair: Ollie Arnold & Ben Beltrami
2nd pair: Dan Tristao & Howard Wiseman
3rd pair: Laurence Cook & Jack Malde
4th pair: Jamie Graham & Stuart Scott
WFA team
1st pair: Dave Butler & Ed Ronan
2nd pair: Giles Munn & Tom Watkinson
3rd pair: Ben Chua & Will Kennedy
4th pair: Seb Fraser & Andy Passey
Scores
| WFA 1 | WFA 2 | WFA 3 | WFA 4 | ||
| RFA 1 | 15-3
15-2 |
11-3
11-5 |
11-4
11-3 |
11-5
11-2 |
96 |
| RFA 2 | 11-5
5-11 |
16-15
15-16 |
11-1
11-3 |
11-1
11-3 |
91 |
| RFA 3 | 0-11
0-11 |
1-11
3-11 |
4-15
12-15 |
10-12
7-11 |
37 |
| RFA 4 | 0-11
0-11 |
1-11
2-11 |
4-11
10-12 |
15-10
15-8 |
47 |
| 65 | 83 | 64 | 52 |
RFA beat the WFA 271-264
For video from this contest go to:
https://www.wessexfivesclub.org.uk/news
Results of the previous years:
2011 WFA win 248-217
2012 WFA win 252-223
2013 RFA win 237-217
2014 RFA win 258-230
2015 WFA win 266-257
2016 RFA win 249-214
2017 RFA win 289-230
2018 WFA win 286-233